
Let Your Message of Judgment Be Mingled With Tears
I read Matthew 23 this week. It’s pretty rough. Here is one of those chapters when Jesus is at His most biting. He launches a verbal assault targeted at the religious…
Read MoreI read Matthew 23 this week. It’s pretty rough. Here is one of those chapters when Jesus is at His most biting. He launches a verbal assault targeted at the religious…
Read MoreImagine a door. Maybe it’s a front door to a house. You walk up to that door, and maybe even you admire that door. It’s beautiful. Maybe it’s painted red and…
Read More“All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure does not profit. Their witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame. Who makes a god or casts…
Read MoreMany among us feel hopeless. We gaze into an election, a diagnosis, a downsizing… and we can’t see through to the other side. That’s because, at least in perception, there isn’t an…
Read MoreWhen we think about stewardship, we think primarily about money. That’s a good and right thing, because when we think and talk about money, we are patterning our messages after…
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